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Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Financial markets' attention remains centred on what the US government's 'mother of all bailouts' will eventually turn out to be and more important, how much it will cost. Just as the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) predicted, equity markets ...

PIS calls for industry and retail ceasefire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... advice on a greater scale." Evans comments come the group's chief executive, Robbie Bennetts, said the fee versus commission debate is a distraction from the real issue of ensuring Australians have enough savings to retire on. "Instead of wasting energy ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... a more important issue. This is why structured products are so important for some investors." Asche said the Australian debate about what constitutes a "balanced" fund is nonetheless complex because "what's one person's balanced fund may not be another's". ...

Planners comment on EDR scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... Financial Industry Complaints Service (FICS) previously committed to reviewing monetary limits in 2009, after extensive debate late last year. There were no commitments made to increasing limits to $280,000 any earlier. We would be extremely concerned ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... clients are also putting money in distressed credit opportunities. Commenting on the listed versus unlisted assets valuation debate, Hill said they haven't changed their stance on the importance of having illiquid assets in portfolios to generate returns ...

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Should a superannuation fund's chief executive sit on the fund's Trustee Board? Industry experts are divided on whether wearing both hats create potential conflicts of interest. The panelists at the Fund Executives Association Limited's (FEAL) national ...

HESTA chief scoops FEAL award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... sector scheme. She has since maintained an active role in superannuation in a variety of roles, contributing to national debate and policy.

More super to move into daily pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... are worth on a daily basis - a radical departure from today's convention of monthly, quarterly and yearly valuations. The debate surrounding the necessity for super funds to adopt daily reporting has been gathering momentum thanks to new technology and ...

Covered short-selling unmasked

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
While 'naked' short-selling has been the center of news headlines, one investment expert urges the industry to look at the misuse of 'covered' short-selling and why the rules have to be changed. Speaking at the IFSA conference last week, David Bryant ...

Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, climate change expert McKibbin said one thing that's missing in the sustainability debate is that no one has measured - definitively and scientifically - the critical threshold of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...